As the dust began to settle on Newcastle United’s 1-0 win over Wolves last night, we finally got some concrete news on Yoane Wissa’s knee injury.
The 29-year-old went down awkwardly in Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat to Senegal and was then ruled out of this weekend’s game by Eddie Howe on Friday morning.
After a nervous wait and visit to see a specialist this week, the update is both good and bad news for Newcastle heading into a busy run of fixtures in the Premier League, Europe and Carabao Cup.
The good news is that he has NOT suffered a serious ACL injury, playing down fears that he will be missing several months less than two weeks after sealing a £55m move from Brentford on deadline day.
However, the bad news is that he is expected to miss the next 4-5 weeks, keeping him out until at least the next international break.
This will see the striker sit out our next SIX games, ruling him out of the following fixtures:
Thursday 18th September – **Newcastle vs Barcelona** (8pm – **TNT Sports**) Champions League
Sunday 21th September – **Bournemouth vs Newcastle** (2pm – **Sky Sports**) Premier League
Wednesday 24th September – **Newcastle vs Bradford** (7.45pm – **Sky Sports+**) Carabao Cup
Sunday 28th September – **Newcastle vs Arsena**l (4.30pm – **Sky Sports**) Premier League
Wednesday 1st October – **Union SG vs Newcastle United** (5.45pm – **TNT Sports**) Champions League
Sunday 5th October– **Newcastle v Nottingham Forest** (2pm – **Sky Sports**) Premier League
> 🚨 Yoane Wissa has been ruled out for at least next 4-5 weeks with a knee injury. 🇨🇩 The DR Congo attacker sustained the injury while on international duty, but it’s not as bad as first feared — following a scan.
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> ⚫️ The 29-year-old is hoping to be back after the next… [pic.twitter.com/2Z1iyQVU13](https://t.co/2Z1iyQVU13)